Reptiles of
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

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General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Amphisbaenidae (Typical Worm Lizards)
Genus Amphisbaena (Neotropical Worm Lizards)
 
Amphisbaena alba

Common Red Worm Lizard

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1962 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
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Amphisbaena heathi

Baixa Verde Worm Lizard

Aires Lisboa, Sales, Macedo & Freire 2016 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
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Amphisbaena littoralis

Guamare Worm Lizard

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dantas Sales, Aires Lisboa & Freire 2019 Robert, Brito & Avila 2014
 
Amphisbaena pretrei

Rio Grande Worm Lizard

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1965 Gans 1967 Gans 2005 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro, Gomides & Costa 2020
 
Amphisbaena vermicularis

Vermiculate Worm Lizard

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans & Amdur 1966 Gomes & Maciel 2012 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Leposternon (South American Worm Lizards)
 
Leposternon polystegum

East Brazilian Worm Lizard

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gans 1971 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Tavares & Ribeiro 2014

Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Alligatoridae (Alligators and Caimans)
Genus Caiman (Typical Caimans)
 
Caiman latirostris

Broad-snouted Caiman

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Souza & Freitas 1998 Wermuth & Mertens 1977
Genus Paleosuchus (Dwarf Caimans)
 
Paleosuchus palpebrosus

Cayenne Dwarf Caiman

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Diploglossus (Neotropical Forest Lizards)
 
Diploglossus lessonae

Brazilian Forest Lizard

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Oliveira Santana, Gomes Faria, Bocchiglieri & Oliveira Mesquita 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022 Vanzolini 1972 Vitt 1985
Genus Ophiodes (South American Glass Lizards)
 
Ophiodes striatus

Dark-striped Glass Lizard

Parker 1924
 Family Anolidae (Anoles)
Genus Norops (Brilliant Anoles)
 
Norops fuscoauratus

Lichen-coloured Anole

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Silva-Soares, Scherrer, Castro & Salles 2018 Sousa & Freire 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus agrius

Piaui Half-toed Gecko

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Hemidactylus brasilianus

Brazilian Half-toed Gecko

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Lygodactylus (African-Neotropical Dwarf Geckos)
 
Lygodactylus klugei

Pernambuco Dwarf Gecko

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Lanna, Gehara, Werneck, Fonseca, Colli, Sites, Rodrigues & Garda 2020 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Gymnophthalmidae (Scaly-tongued Spectacled Tejus)
Genus Acratosaura (Bahia Spectacled Tejus)
 
Acratosaura mentalis

Villa Nova Spectacled Teju

Carvalho, Santos Caldas, Santana, Noronha, Freitas, Faria & Santos 2010 Centeno, Junior, Recoder, Andrade & Rodrigues 2014 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gogliath, Ribeiro & Freire 2010 Souza Brito, Silva Barbosa, Machado Pereira, Avello & Barros Ribeiro 2012 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Anotosaura (Dwarf Spectacled Tejus)
 
Anotosaura vanzolinia

Agrestina Dwarf Spectacled Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Gogliath, Ribeiro & Freire 2010 Goncalves, Brito, Galdino & Torquato 2012 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Cercosaura (Eastern Shade Tejus)
 
Cercosaura olivacea

East Brazilian Shade Teju

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dantas Sales, Silva Jorge, Meira-Ribeiro & Xavier Freire 2014 [as ocellata] Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Dryadosaura (Dryades Spectacled Teju)
 
Dryadosaura nordestina

Dryades Spectacled Teju

Carvalho Delfino & Santos Soeiro 2012 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rodrigues, Freire, Pellegrino & Sites 2005 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Micrablepharus (Snake-eyed Glossy Tejus)
 
Micrablepharus maximiliani

Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Glossy Teju

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Moura, Dayrell & Avelar Sao Pedro 2010 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2017 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Vanzosaura (Red-tailed Spectacled Tejus)
 
Vanzosaura multiscutata

Northern Red-tailed Spectacled Teju

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 [as rubricauda] Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Recoder, Ribeiro & Rodrigues 2013 [as rubricauda] Recoder, Werneck, Teixeira, Colli, Sites & Rodrigues 2014 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Iguanidae (Greater Iguanas)
Genus Iguana (Green Iguanas)
 
Iguana iguana

South American Green Iguana

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Leiosauridae (Smooth Iguanas)
Genus Enyalius (Fat-headed Anoles)
 
Enyalius bibronii

Bahia Fat-headed Anole

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Gogliath, Ribeiro & Freire 2010 Oliveira Silva & Moura 2013 Rodrigues, Bertolotto, Amaro, Yonenaga-Yassuda, Freire & Pellegrino 2014 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Enyalius catenatus

Chain-backed Fat-headed Anole

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Gymnodactylus (Naked-toed Geckos)
 
Gymnodactylus darwinii

Atlantic Forest Naked-toed Gecko

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Pellegrino, Rodrigues, Waite, Morando, Yassuda & Sites 2005 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
 
Gymnodactylus geckoides

Northeast Brazilian Naked-toed Gecko

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Phyllopezus (South American Robust Geckos)
 
Phyllopezus periosus

Caatinga Robust Gecko

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire, Feio & Pombal 2000 Joventino Roberto & Brito 2004 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Silva Neta, Ferreira, Oliveira, Silva & Àvila 2014 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Phyllopezus pollicaris

Common Robust Gecko

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Condez, Tonini, Pereira-Ribeiro & Dubeux 2021 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Polychrotidae (Monkey Lizards)
Genus Polychrus (Monkey Lizards)
 
Polychrus acutirostris

Sharp-nosed Monkey Lizard

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Polychrus marmoratus

Marbled Monkey Lizard

Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Brasiliscincus (Brazilian Small-headed Skinks)
 
Brasiliscincus heathi

Caatinga Small-headed Skink

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hedges & Conn 2012 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Copeoglossum (Neotropical Spotted Skinks)
 
Copeoglossum nigropunctatum

Black-spotted Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Psychosaura (Brazilian Sharp-nosed Skinks)
 
Psychosaura agmosticha

Caatinga Sharp-nosed Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Magalhaes Junior, Machado Pereira, Avello Nicola, Barros Ribeiro & Azevedo Junior 2014 Sales, Andrade, Jorge, Kolodiuk, Ribeiro & Freire 2015 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Psychosaura macrorhyncha

Atlantic Forest Sharp-nosed Skink

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Sphaerodactylidae (Least Geckos, etc.)
Genus Coleodactylus (Sheath-toed Pygmy Geckos)
 
Coleodactylus meridionalis

Atlantic Forest Pygmy Gecko

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 [as "cf. meridionalis"] Ribeiro, Gogliath, Rodrigues, Barreto & Freire 2013 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
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Coleodactylus natalensis

Natal Pygmy Gecko

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1999 Geurgas, Rodrigues & Moritz 2008 Goncalves, Torquato, Skuk & Sena 2012 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
 Family Teiidae (Greater Tejus)
Genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas)
 
Ameiva ameiva

South American Giant Ameiva

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Ribeiro-Junior & Amaral 2016 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Sales, Ribeiro, Jorge & Freire 2011 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
Genus Ameivula (Eastern South American Whiptails)
 
Ameivula ocellifera

Brazilian Ocellated Whiptail

Aparicio, Avila-Pires, Moravec & Nogueira 2019 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Ameivula pyrrhogularis

Flame-throated Whiptail

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 [as "cf. ocellifera"] Freire 1997 [as ocellifera] Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 [as ocellifera] Menezes & Rocha 2013 [as ocellifera] Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 [as ocellifera]
Genus Kentropyx (Spurred Whiptails)
 
Kentropyx calcarata

Striped Forest Whiptail

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Sousa & Freire 2008
Genus Salvator (Southern Tejus)
 
Salvator merianae

Southern Black-and-White Teju

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Avila-Pires 1995 Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 Family Tropiduridae (Rough-tailed Iguanas)
Genus Tropidurus (Eastern Keel-tailed Iguanas)
 
Tropidurus hispidus

Spotted Keel-tailed Iguana

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 1997 Ribeiro-Junior 2015 Rodrigues 1987 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022
 
Tropidurus semitaeniatus

Striped Keel-tailed Iguana

Andrade, Sales & Freire 2013 Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 Ribeiro & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Uchoa, Delfim, Mesquita, Colli, Garda & Guedes 2022

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas)
 
Boa constrictor

South American Red-tailed Boa

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Corallus (Tree Boas)
 
Corallus hortulana

Amazon Tree Boa

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014
Genus Epicrates (Rainbow Boas)
 
Epicrates assisi

Caatinga Rainbow Boa

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Passos & Fernandes 2008 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 [as cenchria] Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Adelphostigma (Twin-spotted Leaf-litter Snakes)
 
Adelphostigma occipitalis

Bahia Leaf-litter Snake

Aquino, Maia, Juca & Passos 2020 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
Genus Apostolepis (Black-tailed Blackheads)
 
Apostolepis cearensis

Caatinga Blackhead

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Ferrarezzi, Barbo & Albuquerque 2005 Lema 2002 Nogueira, Barbo & Ferrarezzi 2012 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Zamprogno, Zamprogno & Lema 1998
 
Apostolepis longicaudata

Piaui Blackhead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Boiruna (Southern Snake Eaters)
 
Boiruna sertaneja

Sertao Snake Eater

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Chironius (Sipos)
 
Chironius flavolineatus

Yellow-striped Sipo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Hamdan & Fernandes 2015 Hamdan, Scali & Fernandes 2014
Genus Dipsas (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Dipsas mikanii

Brazilian White-collared Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Peters 1960 Peters 1965
Genus Drymarchon (Indigo Snakes and Cribos)
 
Drymarchon corais

Yellow-tailed Cribo

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
Genus Dryophylax (Northern Mock Vipers)
 
Dryophylax almae

Jararaca Mock Viper

Barbosa, Lima & Guedes 2020 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fernandes Coelho, Souza, Weider, Machado Pereira & Barros Ribeiro 2013 Jorge & Freire 2011
 
Dryophylax phoenix

Petrolina Mock Viper

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Franco, Trevine, Montingelli & Zaher 2017 Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Munoz & Zaher 2021
Genus Erythrolamprus (Neotropical Smooth Snakes)
 
Erythrolamprus almadensis

Almada Smooth Snake

Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014
 
Erythrolamprus miliaris

Military Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014
 
Erythrolamprus mossoroensis

Mossoro Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1983 Dixon 1989 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Vanzolini, Ramos-Costa & Vitt 1980
 
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus

Yellow-bellied Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014
 
Erythrolamprus viridis

Brazilian Green Smooth Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Dixon 1987 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Helicops (South American Keelbacks)
 
Helicops angulatus

Brown-banded Keelback

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
 
Helicops leopardinus

Leopard Keelback

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Hydrodynastes (False Water Cobras)
 
Hydrodynastes gigas

Giant False Water Cobra

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos-Junior, Sales, Jorge & Freire 2020
Genus Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
 
Imantodes cenchoa

Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Leptodeira (Typical Cat-eyed Snakes)
 
Leptodeira annulata

South American Banded Cat-eyed Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Leptophis (Neotropical Parrot Snakes)
 
Leptophis dibernardoi

Caatinga Parrot Snake

Albuquerque & Fernandes 2022 Albuquerque, Santos, Borges-Nojosa & Avila 2022
 
Leptophis liocercus

Bahian Green Parrot Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Lygophis (South American Striped Ground Snakes)
 
Lygophis dilepis

Northern Striped Ground Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Lema 1989 Michaud & Dixon 1987 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine Snakes)
 
Oxybelis aeneus

Brown Vine Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Oxyrhopus (Calico Snakes)
 
Oxyrhopus trigeminus

Northern Brazilian Calico Snake

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Zaher & Caramaschi 1992
Genus Palusophis (Eastern Lizard Eater)
 
Palusophis bifossatus

Eastern Lizard Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Montingelli 2009 Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019
Genus Philodryas (South American Bush Racers)
 
Philodryas nattereri

Paraguay Bush Racer

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Smith, Scott, Cacciali, Atkinson & Pheasey 2013 Thomas 1976
 
Philodryas olfersii

Common Green Bush Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Thomas 1976
Genus Phimophis (South American Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Phimophis guerini

Argentine Shovel-nosed Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Marques, Tinoco, Browne-Ribeiro & Fazolato 2012
Genus Pseudablabes (Reticulated Bush Racers)
 
Pseudablabes patagoniensis

Patagonian Bush Racer

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
Genus Pseudoboa (Neotropical Scarlet Snakes)
 
Pseudoboa nigra

Blackish Scarlet Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Orofino, Pizzatto & Marques 2010 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Psomophis (Smooth Ground Snakes)
 
Psomophis joberti

Brazilian Ground Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Myers & Cadle 1994
Genus Sibon (Neotropical Snail Eaters)
 
Sibon nebulatus

Cloudy Snail Eater

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Spilotes (Chicken Snakes)
 
Spilotes pullatus

Chicken Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
Genus Tantilla (American Centipede Snakes)
 
Tantilla melanocephala

South American Black-headed Centipede Snake

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Wilson & Mena 1980
Genus Thamnodynastes (South American Mock Vipers)
 
Thamnodynastes sertanejo

Sertao Mock Viper

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Trevine, Caicedo-Portilla, Hoogmoed, Thomas, Franco, Montingelli, Osorno-Munoz & Zaher 2021
Genus Xenodon (Northern Mock Lanceheads and South American Hognose Snakes)
 
Xenodon merremii

Toad-eating Mock Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Micrurus (American Coral Snakes)
 
Micrurus corallinus

Painted Coral Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Freire 2001 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
 
Micrurus ibiboboca

Caatinga Coral Snake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
 
Micrurus potyguara

Paraiba Coral Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Pires, Silva, Feitosa, Prudente, Filho & Zaher 2014
 Family Leptotyphlopidae (Thread Snakes)
Genus Epictia (Neotropical Thread Snakes)
 
Epictia borapeliotes

Caatinga Thread Snake

Calixto & Morato 2017 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Hahn 1980 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Melo Araujo, Rodrigues, Nunes & Andrade 2020 Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 [as Leptotyphlops albifrons] Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016 Ulloa 2006 Vanzolini 1996
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Amerotyphlops (American Blind Snakes)
 
Amerotyphlops amoipira

Amoipira Blind Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 Souto de Brito & Freire 2012
 
Amerotyphlops paucisquamus

Small-scaled Blind Snake

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Graboski, Arredondo, Grazziotin, Silva, Prudente, Rodrigues, Bonatto & Zaher 2019 Sales, Lisboa & Freire 2009
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Bothrops (American Lanceheads)
 
Bothrops erythromelas

Caatinga Lancehead

Calixto & Morato 2017 Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
 
Bothrops leucurus

Bahia Lancehead

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021
Genus Crotalus (Typical Rattlesnakes)
 
Crotalus durissus

South American Rattlesnake

Campbell & Lamar 2004 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 David, Dobiey & Vogel 2018 Guedes, Nogueira & Marques 2014 Hoge & Romano Hoge 1981 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Mesoclemmys (Hump-backed Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Mesoclemmys tuberculata

Tuberculate Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Santana, Marques, Vieira, Moura, Faria & Mesquita 2016 Santos Caldas, Borges Costa, Laranjeiras, Oliveira Mesquita & Garda 2016
Genus Phrynops (Lesser Toad-headed Turtles)
 
Phrynops geoffroanus

Brazilian Toad-headed Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos, Soares-e-Soares, Marcovaldi, Silveira-Monteiro, Giffoni & Padua-Almeida 2011
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Bellini, Santos Armando, Grossman, Marcovaldi & Barata 2013 Bjorndal, Bolten, Moreira, Bellini & Marcovaldi 2006 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Moll 1983 Padua-Almeida, Santos, Thome, Belini, Baptistotte, Marcovaldi, Santos & Lopez 2011 Parente, Lontra & Araujo 2006
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Marcovaldi, Lopez, Soares, Santos, Bellini, Santos & Lopez 2011 Santos, Freire, Bellini & Corso 2010
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Castilhos, Coelho, Argolo, Santos, Marcovaldi, Santos & Lopez 2011 Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Santos, Bellini, Bortolon & Coluchi 2012
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Padua-Almeida, Thome, Baptistotte, Marcovaldi, Santos & Lopez 2011
 Family Kinosternidae (American Mud and Musk Turtles)
Genus Kinosternon (American Mud Turtles)
 
Kinosternon scorpioides

Scorpion Mud Turtle

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Testudinidae (Tortoises)
Genus Chelonoidis (South American Tortoises)
 
Chelonoidis carbonarius

South American Red-footed Tortoise

Costa, Guedes & Bernils 2021 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004